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Eyo Prevoskhoditelstvo (Her Excellency)
her excellency
also: ее превосходительство
The feminine form of the same top-rank honorific as vashe prevoskhoditelstvo; here the unnamed wife of the clerks' superior, whose charity carriage-raffle is what the panicking deputy Desdemonov ends up stammering his way into announcing, and paying for.
Reading notes
- The Deputy, or the Tale of How Desdemonov Lost 25 Roubles §22 Her Excellency
"Eyo prevoskhoditelstvo," "her excellency" -- the feminine form of the same honorific used for the superior himself, evidently his wife, whose charity carriage-raffle is what the alarmed Desdemonov actually stammers his way into announcing.